NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 724

HOUSE BILL 750

 

 

AN ACT TO REWRITE G.S. 106-401 PERTAINING TO THE QUARANTINE OF DISEASED LIVESTOCK AND OTHER ANIMALS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 106-401 is rewritten to read:

"§ 106-401.  State Veterinarian authorized to quarantine. — The State Veterinarian or his authorized representative is authorized to go upon or enter any property in the State, or to stop any motor vehicle on a public or private road to examine any animal which he has reasonable grounds to believe is affected with or exposed to a contagious disease. If such person refuses to consent to such entry and examination after the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative shall have notified, in writing, the owner or person in whose custody such animal or animals are found, of his intention to enter such property and conduct such examination, the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative may petition the District Court in the County where such animal or animals are found for an Order authorizing such entry and examination. The State Veterinarian or his authorized representative may quarantine any animal affected with or exposed to a contagious disease, or injected with or otherwise exposed to any material capable of producing a contagious disease and shall give public notice of such quarantine by posting or placarding with a suitable quarantine sign the entrance to any part of the premises on which such animal is held. Such animal is to be maintained by the owner or person in charge as provided in G.S. 106-400 through 106-405 at the owner's or person's in charge expense. No animal under quarantine shall be removed from the place of quarantine except upon a written permit from the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative. Such quarantine shall remain in effect until cancelled by official written notice from the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative and such quarantine shall not be cancelled until any sick or diseased animal has been properly disposed of and the premises have been properly cleaned and disinfected."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1971.